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==Charity and other work==
==Charity and other work==
In 2007, she manned telephones at the [[BT Tower]] for the [[Disasters Emergency Committee]] in response to problems in [[Darfur]].<ref>[http://www.tearfund.org/News/Latest+news/DEC+Darfur+and+Chad+Crisis+Appeal+raises+£2m+on+first+night.htm DEC work, 24 May 2007]</ref> In May 2007, she helped relaunch The National Missing Persons Campaign,<ref>[http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/news-and-events/press/detail.asp?dsid=23 Charity re-launches on International Missing Children's Day] 24 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904050454/http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/news-and-events/press/detail.asp?dsid=23 |date=4 September 2007 }}</ref> and also supported a Christmas campaign by the charity [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.refuge.org.uk|title=Refuge|publisher=Refuge|date=20 January 2011|accessdate=24 January 2011}}</ref> which aimed to stop [[domestic violence]].<ref>[http://www.refugechristmas.co.uk/messages.htm "We've raised our hands"]. Retrieved 3 October 2009.</ref>
In 2007, she manned telephones at the [[BT Tower]] for the [[Disasters Emergency Committee]] in response to problems in [[Darfur]].<ref>[http://www.tearfund.org/News/Latest+news/DEC+Darfur+and+Chad+Crisis+Appeal+raises+£2m+on+first+night.htm DEC work, 24 May 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531172901/http://www.tearfund.org/News/Latest%2Bnews/DEC%2BDarfur%2Band%2BChad%2BCrisis%2BAppeal%2Braises%2B%C2%A32m%2Bon%2Bfirst%2Bnight.htm |date=31 May 2008 }}</ref> In May 2007, she helped relaunch The National Missing Persons Campaign,<ref>[http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/news-and-events/press/detail.asp?dsid=23 Charity re-launches on International Missing Children's Day] 24 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070904050454/http://www.missingpeople.org.uk/news-and-events/press/detail.asp?dsid=23 |date=4 September 2007 }}</ref> and also supported a Christmas campaign by the charity [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.refuge.org.uk|title=Refuge|publisher=Refuge|date=20 January 2011|accessdate=24 January 2011}}</ref> which aimed to stop [[domestic violence]].<ref>[http://www.refugechristmas.co.uk/messages.htm "We've raised our hands"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422034840/http://www.refugechristmas.co.uk/messages.htm |date=22 April 2008 }}. Retrieved 3 October 2009.</ref>


In June 2008, Winkleman was featured in ''[[Heat (magazine)|Heat]]'' magazine with no make-up on, as part of a stand against the excessive [[airbrush]]ing of prominent women, which she described as "pretty terrifying".<ref>{{cite news |last=Malkin |first=Bonnie |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2144649/Celebrity-women-shun-make-up-in-stand-against-airbrushing.html |title=Celebrity women shun make-up in stand against airbrushing |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 June 2008 |accessdate=24 January 2011 |location=London}}</ref>
In June 2008, Winkleman was featured in ''[[Heat (magazine)|Heat]]'' magazine with no make-up on, as part of a stand against the excessive [[airbrush]]ing of prominent women, which she described as "pretty terrifying".<ref>{{cite news |last=Malkin |first=Bonnie |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2144649/Celebrity-women-shun-make-up-in-stand-against-airbrushing.html |title=Celebrity women shun make-up in stand against airbrushing |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 June 2008 |accessdate=24 January 2011 |location=London}}</ref>

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Claudia Winkleman
Winkleman at the
2008 BAFTA Television Awards
Born
Claudia Anne Winkleman

(1972-01-15) 15 January 1972 (age 52)
London, England
Occupation(s)Television presenter, film critic, radio personality, journalist
Years active1991–present
Known forStrictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two
Comic Relief
Sport Relief
The Film Show
Strictly Come Dancing
The Great British Sewing Bee
Spouse
Kris Thykier
​
(m. 2000)​
Children3
Parent(s)Eve Pollard
Barry Winkleman
RelativesNicholas Lloyd (stepfather)
Sophie Winkleman (paternal half-sister)

Claudia Anne Winkleman (born 15 January 1972) is an English television presenter, model, film critic, radio personality, and journalist, known for her work with the BBC.

Between 2004 and 2010, Winkleman presented Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two on weeknights on BBC Two. Since 2010, she has co-presented Strictly Come Dancing's main results show on Sunday nights with Tess Daly on BBC One and since 2014 has been a main co-host alongside Daly on the Saturday night live shows, due to the departure of Sir Bruce Forsyth. She has twice been nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Entertainment Performance for her work on Strictly Come Dancing.

Winkleman was also the presenter of Film..., replacing Jonathan Ross after his move to ITV in 2010. She was the co-presenter of Let's Sing and Dance for its first two series with Steve Jones. Since April 2013, she has presented the BBC Two series The Great British Sewing Bee. She earns between £450,000 and £499,999 as a BBC presenter and is the highest paid female on the BBC payroll.[1]

Early life

Winkleman was born in London to a Jewish family,[2] the daughter of Eve Pollard, former editor of the Sunday Express, and Barry Winkleman (born 1939),[3] former publisher of The Times Atlas of the World. Her parents divorced when she was three,[4] and both remarried in 1979.[3][5] Her mother married Sir Nicholas Lloyd, former editor of the Daily Express, and her father married children's author Cindy Black.

Winkleman's half-sister from her father's second marriage is actress Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor. She also has a younger half-brother, Oliver Lloyd, from her mother's second marriage.[4] Raised in Hampstead, London, Winkleman was educated at the City of London School for Girls[6] and New Hall, Cambridge, obtaining an MA Hons in Art History.[7]

Television career

1991–2000

Winkleman's first major television job was in 1991, on the regional discussion programme Central Weekend.[8] In 1992, she began frequently to appear in the long-running BBC series Holiday, and this continued throughout the mid-1990s. This culminated in a special documentary in which she travelled around the world for 34 days reporting from Japan, India, Costa Rica and Dubai. Throughout this period, she appeared as a reporter on other shows, particularly This Morning interviewing various celebrities. During the late 1990s, Winkleman presented a number of programmes on smaller digital channels. She had a stint on the cable channel L!VE TV, but soon left to pursue other projects. In 1996, Winkleman co-hosted the Granada programme Pyjama Party on ITV with Katie Puckrik and Michelle Kelly.

Winkleman also presented a number of gameshows including the dating show Three's a Crowd,[9] LWT show Talking Telephone Numbers, the second series of Granada TV show God's Gift and Fanorama.[10] In 1997 she was the co-host of children's Saturday morning TV show Tricky. She was also an occasional team captain on a gameshow called HeadJam, hosted by Vernon Kay.

2001–2006

Between 2002 and 2004, Winkleman began her first daily TV role when she hosted the BBC Three Entertainment update show Liquid News, taking over from Christopher Price on the now defunct BBC Choice. She shared the presenting duties with Colin Paterson, and later Paddy O'Connell. The show featured celebrity interviews.

In 2003, Fame Academy appointed Winkleman to present a daily update show on BBC Three, in conjunction with its second series. She repeated the show in 2005 for the much shorter celebrity version Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. Also in 2005, Winkleman co-hosted The House of Tiny Tearaways, a BBC Three reality TV show. She also began hosting Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, a supplementary programme to Strictly Come Dancing, taking over from Justin Lee-Collins.

Winkleman then presented several more reality shows including End of Story,[11] and Art School.[12]

2007–2012

More recently, Winkleman has presented a number of prime time programmes. In 2007, she took over from Cat Deeley as the main host for the third series of Comic Relief Does Fame Academy, co-hosting with Patrick Kielty. She co-hosted the inaugural Eurovision Dance Contest 2007 alongside Graham Norton for BBC One in September of that year and again in 2008. She co-presented the UK selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 called Eurovision: Your Decision, this time accompanied by Eurovision stalwart Terry Wogan. In March 2008, Winkleman rekindled her partnership with Kielty when the pair hosted the final leg of Sport Relief 2008.[citation needed]

In 2007, Winkleman was the face of Sky Movie Premiere's coverage of the 79th Academy Awards, repeating it for the 80th Academy Awards in 2008. The show was broadcast live in conjunction with the ceremony itself, running right through the night into the early hours of the morning. Winkleman has made many guest appearances on panel and talk shows, including: Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Would I Lie to You?, Have I Got News for You, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross and Lily Allen and Friends. In February 2008, she appeared on the British version of the comedy improvisational show Thank God You're Here, hosted by Paul Merton.[citation needed]

Winkleman narrated the BBC Three show Glamour Girls,[13] a documentary series focusing on Britain's glamour industry.[14]

In March 2009, Winkleman was announced as the host of the new series of Hell's Kitchen on ITV1. She fronted the nightly show live from the restaurant in East London in its fourth series in the spring.[15] On 14 November 2009, she appeared on the main show of Strictly Come Dancing to present backstage, due to main presenter Bruce Forsyth being on sick leave. She co-hosted the show with Tess Daly and guest presenter Ronnie Corbett.

On 29 March 2010, she was named as one of the new co-presenters of the Film programme, replacing Jonathan Ross.[16][17] The Guardian stated, through her recent hosting of Sky Television's coverage of The Oscars, Winkleman had "proved both a passionate and engaging advocate of cinema", while her husband Kris Thykier is a film producer with credits on several mainstream releases.[18]

2013–present

On 2 April 2013, Winkleman began presenting the BBC Two sewing competition The Great British Sewing Bee.

In 2015, she appeared on The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz.[citation needed] In May 2015, she appeared on an episode of Watchdog on BBC One.[19] In November 2016, Winkleman presented the one-off BBC special Bublé at the BBC with Michael Bublé.

From 2017, she will present The Makeover Show and Britain's Best Cook (w/t)[20] for BBC One.[21]

Strictly Come Dancing

Main article: Strictly Come Dancing

It is through her work on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two that Winkleman has gained the most public recognition. The programme, which started in 2004, was devised as a companion show to run conjoined with the second series of Strictly Come Dancing, and continues to run to date. It follows a similar format to the one Winkleman made popular on Fame Academy, and sees the presenter deliberating and dissecting the ins and outs of the main competition, accompanied by an array of dance experts, assorted guests and the competitors themselves. The show is aired every weekday throughout the course of the series at 6:30pm on BBC Two. The show's four judges also appear regularly on the programme. [citation needed]

In 2012, it was announced that Zoë Ball would be the regular presenter of Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two,[22] with Winkleman's involvement in Series 10 of the show being limited to co-hosting the Sunday night results show with Tess Daly. Winkleman continues to host the Sunday night results show for Strictly Come Dancing.[23]

On 8 May 2014, it was announced that Winkleman would replace Bruce Forsyth as co-presenter, with Tess Daly, of the main Strictly Come Dancing show for the 12th series.

Writing

Winkleman started her journalism career as a travel writer, with columns about her various worldwide excursions. She did so in The Sunday Times and The Independent, but also contributed to the free daily London paper Metro in a similar capacity. As her television career and family evolved, she travelled less, and began to write more general work, opinion-led lifestyle journalism about womanhood, sex and relationships. She wrote for Cosmopolitan and Tatler amongst others. Between 2005 and 2008, she wrote a regular weekly column for The Independent called Take It From Me.[24]

Radio work

In April and May 2008, Winkleman hosted a six-part comedy quiz series taking a humorous look into the week's celebrity gossip, called Hot Gossip.[25] The show was broadcast on a Saturday afternoon on BBC Radio 2; points were awarded to those who dished out dirt.[26] The show featured many famous pundits, including Will Smith, Phil Nichol, Jo Caulfield, Rufus Hound and Jonathan Ross' brother, Paul.

She hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio 2 every Friday night between 10pm and midnight called Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show consisting of interviews with people from the arts world, as well as reviews and debate. In July 2010, Winkleman sat in for Dermot O'Leary.[27] She covered for Ken Bruce on three occasions during 2012 and 2013.

She currently presents her own Sunday night show on BBC Radio 2 called Claudia on Sunday from 7–9pm. In June 2017, Winkleman covered for Steve Wright in the Afternoon from 2–5pm.

Charity and other work

In 2007, she manned telephones at the BT Tower for the Disasters Emergency Committee in response to problems in Darfur.[28] In May 2007, she helped relaunch The National Missing Persons Campaign,[29] and also supported a Christmas campaign by the charity Refuge,[30] which aimed to stop domestic violence.[31]

In June 2008, Winkleman was featured in Heat magazine with no make-up on, as part of a stand against the excessive airbrushing of prominent women, which she described as "pretty terrifying".[32]

On 18 March 2011, Winkleman was one of the presenters of BBC's Comic Relief. In 2012, she was one of the judges and the host of the FilmNation shorts at the British Film Institute, which as part of the Cultural Olympiad for London 2012, encouraged young people aged 14–25 to get involved in film making.[33]

Personal life

In 2000, Winkleman married film producer Kris Thykier in Westminster, London.[4][5] They live in Westminster's Connaught Square[34] and have three children called Matilda, Jake, and Arthur.[35]

On 31 October 2014, Winkleman's eight-year-old daughter Matilda was taken to hospital after being seriously injured when her Halloween costume caught fire.[36] Winkleman stated that the costume brushed against a candle.[37] Winkleman was subsequently replaced by Zoë Ball as host of Strictly Come Dancing for three weeks. This incident prompted the government to tighten the flame retardant standards of Halloween costumes.[38]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Channel
1996/97 God's Gift Presenter ITV
1997 Tricky
Talking Telephone Numbers Co-presenter
2002–2004 Liquid News Presenter BBC Three
2003–2005, 2007 Comic Relief Does Fame Academy Co-presenter BBC One / BBC Three
2004–2010 Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two Presenter BBC Two
2004 HeadJam Occasional team captain BBC Three
2005–? The House of Tiny Tearaways Presenter
2007–2008 Eurovision Dance Contest Co-presenter BBC
2008 Eurovision: Your Decision Co-presenter
Glamour Girls Narrator BBC Three
2009–2015 Comic Relief Co-presenter BBC One
2009 Hell's Kitchen Presenter ITV
2010— Sport Relief Co-presenter BBC One
2010–2016 Film... Co-presenter
2012— Strictly Come Dancing Co-presenter
2014— The Great British Sewing Bee Co-presenter BBC Two
2016 Bublé at the BBC Presenter BBC One
2017— The Makeover Show (w/t) Presenter
2018— Britain's Best Cook (w/t) Presenter
Radio
Year Title Role Station
2008 Hot Gossip Presenter BBC Radio 2
2010 Dermot O'Leary Stand-in presenter
2011–2013 Claudia Winkleman's Arts Show Presenter
2012–2013 Ken Bruce Stand-in presenter
2016— Claudia on Sunday Presenter
2017 Steve Wright in the Afternoon Stand-in presenter

References

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  2. ^ Take It From Me The Independent. 25 June 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  3. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage p 38021". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011. [unreliable source]
  4. ^ a b c Claudia Winkleman gets candid Daily Mail. 20 September 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  5. ^ a b Lundy, Darryl. "The Peerage p 40445". Thepeerage.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.[unreliable source]
  6. ^ "Claudia Winkleman: I loved my school". mydaughter.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  7. ^ "BBC profile". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  8. ^ "BBC biography". BBC. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Three's a Crowd". Ukgameshows.com. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  10. ^ "Fanorama". Ukgameshows.com. 20 August 2006. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  11. ^ "End of Story". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  12. ^ "Art School". BBC. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  13. ^ "Glamour Girls". BBC. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Glamour Girls (TV Series 2008– )". IMDb. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Winkleman to present new Hell's Kitchen" "Digital Spy". 23 March 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
  16. ^ "Claudia Winkleman named as presenter of new-look Film 2010" (Press release). BBC. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  17. ^ Film 2010. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
  18. ^ MacInnes, Paul (29 March 2010). "Claudia Winkleman named as Jonathan Ross's successor on Film 2010". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Claudia Winkleman relives Halloween fire that injured daughter". BBC News. 13 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  20. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/britains-best-cook?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_press_office&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=corporate
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  24. ^ "Take It From Me". The Independent. London. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
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  29. ^ Charity re-launches on International Missing Children's Day 24 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009. Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ "Refuge". Refuge. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  31. ^ "We've raised our hands" Archived 22 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  32. ^ Malkin, Bonnie (17 June 2008). "Celebrity women shun make-up in stand against airbrushing". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  33. ^ Studios, Dream (4 July 2012). "Awards". Film Nation. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  34. ^ "Claudia Winkleman: Take It From Me – Blair's moving in" The Independent. 16 May 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2009. Archived 24 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  35. ^ "Claudia Winkleman is given a baby ban by her husband" The Daily Telegraph. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2013.
  36. ^ Philipson, Alice (5 November 2014). "Friend of Claudia Winkleman's daughter tells of Halloween burns horror". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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  38. ^ Hughes, Laura (9 December 2015). "Rules on flammability of children's fancy dress costumes to be tightened". Telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
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